So someone returning from mass displacement, even though I'm sure are thrilled to be going home, they bring with them all sorts of challenges upon their return."

VOA: special.2011.07.06

Many other funny men spoke as though they came from other countries.

VOA: special.2009.07.19

One man reads from a poem by the English writer,John Keats: " 'She cannot fade, though thou has not thy bliss, Forever wilt thou love, and she be fair.'

VOA: special.2010.01.03

"As soon as I saw this letter, I decided it must be the one I was looking for.It must be, even though it was completely different from the one Germont had described.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

I learn off the radio waves of 98.7 Kiss F.M.salsa/disco jams, that come from a Sony, bought even though I need a coat, even though I'm behind on my payments for the Trinitron Remote Control Color T.V.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

Underneath the designs, the fabric itself is imported from Benin, even though Burkina Faso is Africa's largest producer of cotton.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

"Even though the Department of Defense is exempt from the budget freeze, it is not exempt from budget common sense."

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

There have been strong statements from world leaders on the need to forge agreement, even though differences on timing, approach,burden sharing and funding remain.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

The six nations will allow companies to self-certify where goods come from so they no longer have to spend time and money going though export authorities.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

"I though it was a good response from the team, we did not just fall back into our shell and just let it all go out the window,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.07

Even though it won a majority of votes in parliament last year, it still faces powerful opposition from leading sheiks, who call the measure un-Islamic, and a bow to Western cultural imperialism.

VOA: standard.2010.03.27

Though Mr.Yala is from the country's ethnic majority, which has long controlled the military, he was toppled in a 2003 coup before unilaterally declaring himself president and temporarily seizing the presidential palace in 2005.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

Though funding from the IMF,the World Bank, the United States and other donors has made it possible to subsidize treatment and prevention methods in Africa, Dr.Rwagacondo says that local governments also have a key role to play in mobilizing their populations and eradicating malaria in the long term.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

"It ranged from looking at me when I would ask a question as though something was very strange and then some other student would ask the same question and the teacher would say, 'This is an astute observation.' (SAYING...) Despite a gradual increase in women graduating with undergraduate and graduate degrees in science fields, the gap between men and women remains significant in the U.S.workplace.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26